Repair-tip for shoes.



s. ROSENBLUM.

REPAIR TIP FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.1, 1910.

Patented Apr.. 25, 1911.

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SOLOMON ROSENBLUM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REPAIR-TIP FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 1. 1910.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

Serial No. 580,055.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON RoseNBLUM, a subject of the Russian Emperor,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Repair- Tips for Shoes,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in repairtips for shoes, and has for its object to provide, as a new article ofmanufacture, a complete repair tip including a sole and cap ready forattachment to the toe of a shoe to be repaired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a repair tip which willmaterially facilitate the work of repairing a shoe, saving the work ofshaping and piecing together the various parts, enabling the productionof a neater piece of work, and permitting of the repair of shoes havingbadly damaged tips which otherwise would be practically impossible ofrepair.

Briefly described, the invention comprises a repair tip which isdesigned to be sold as a complete article of manufacture, and is adaptedto be used by the removal of the damaged shoe tip and the substitutiontherefor of the repair tip, means being provided for permitting theattachment of the substituted tip securely to the shoe, and the latterhaving the appearance when so repaired as of practically a new shoe.

The invention resides in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically describedand then particularly claimed, and in describing the invention indetail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this application, and wherein like numerals of reference will beemployed for indicating like parts throughout the different views of thedrawing, in which Figure 1, is a top plan view of a shoe re pair tipconstructed in acordance with my invention, and showing the same appliedto a shoe, the latter being in dotted lines, Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the repair tip of the form shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view of the same, the section being taken on line3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the form of construction shown in the drawing, the repair tipcomprises the toecap 10, the toe-box 11, a repair half-sole 12,

a welt 14, and an extension or extensions 15 projecting rearwardly fromunder the toe cap for some distance to provide means for securelyconnecting the repair tip with the vamp of a shoe 16.

The repair tip may be constructed without the box 11 if desired, but itis generally employed, and is made to fit with the toe-cap in the usualmanner. The toe-cap has its lower edges turned in as at 17 to lie uponthe half-sole 12 in the usual manner of constructing the tip of a shoe,and the lower edges of the extensions 15 are similarly turned in so asto lie upon the half sole as shown. The turned in edge of the box liesupon the turned in edge of the toe-cap and the welt 1 1 lies upon theseturned in edges, and has its ends partially overlying the inturned edges18 of the extensions 15; the parts are then firmly secured together inthe thus completed form of the repair tip by means of clench-nails 19,pegs or stitching as may-be desired. The free edges 20 of the extensions15 are sewed to the vamp of the shoe 16 when the tip is placed inposition.

To utilize the repair tip above described, the worn or damaged tip ofthe shoe to be repaired is removed, along with the halfsole of the shoe,leaving the original inner sole of the shoe intact, the repair tip thenplaced in position, and firmly secured by nails, pegs or sewing.Obviously, where it is the tip alone that needs repairing on the shoe,the half sole may be omitted, and the original half sole of the shoeemployed in lieu of the half sole shown in this construction as being apart of the repair tip.

Repair tips as above described are adapted particularly for therepairing of childrens shoes, though of course the invention is notconfined to use on this class of shoes, and as a new article ofmanufacture, are made in different sizes so that the repairer may have atip which will fit the shoe to be repaired.

While herein described and illustrated in detail in a preferredembodiment of the in vention as it has been practiced by me, yet it willbe evident to those skilled in the art that various slight changes maybe made in the details of construction without departing from thegeneral spirit of the invention or the scope thereof as herein claimed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is As a new article ofmanufacture, a repair tip for shoes, comprising a toe-cap having thesaid extensions having inturned lower edges resting on the sole andoverlapped at their inner ends by the ends of the welt, the free edgesof said extensions adapted to be 15 secured to the upper of the shoe towhich the repair tip is applied.

In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SOLOMON ROSENBLUM.

Witnesses MORRIS VVELLINGTQN, ABRAHAM VIGATE.

an inturned lower edge, a box fitted in said toe-cap and having aninturned lower edge resting on the inturned edge of the toecap, a weltresting on the inturned edge of the box, a half-sole on which thesuperposed inturned edges are mounted and to which the edges are securedby a securingmeans common to all of the edges, and a pair of sideextensions projecting rearwardly from the toe-cap with their forwardends received in the said cap and secured thereto,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

